Improvement in safety-pins



u. H. FUBNESS & s. WALES.

Safety-Pin.

.N 160 013 Patented k eb.23,1875.

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NATHANIEL H. FURNESS, OF TARRYTOWN, AND SIGOURNEY WALES, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY-PINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,013, dated February23, 1875; application filed April 20, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, NATHANIEL H. FUR- NEss,of Tarrytown, New York State, and SIGOURNEY WALES, of New York city andState, have. invented an Improvement in Safety-Pins, of which thefollowing is a specification:

The object of our invention is the securing of covers, tidies, &c., tofurniture; also, as a safety-pin for breast-pins, scarf-pins, shawlpins,and other like uses.

Figure I is a front view of the pin. Fig. II is a side View of the same.Fig. III is a front View of the pin with ornament. Fig. IV is a sideview of the same, showing manner of attaching the ornament. Fig. V isthe pin as it appears when in use. Fig. VI is a sectional view, showingthe manner in which the pin is secured to furniture.

The pin is formed of bent wire, with or without the coils L. The twoarms A and I are bent at L, so as to lie along the same line ofdirection, and are both sharpened at the ends. The arm A has a curve init from its center to the point, bending in the same direction as thecoil, from which it starts, or it may be straight. The arm I is alsobent, the curve being at right angles with that of the arm A, and isagain bent at or near its center at a sharp right angle downward, or forother uses to the front or to either side, thus forming a point, which,entering the material and passing down into the stufiing, describes asegment of a circle, so that the pin will not be drawn out of positionas it enters.

This arrangement, it will be seen, resists a direct pull by means of thelong arm A, which enters the cloth E E at P, and, coming out again at X,enters again at H, and conceals the point and resists a pull upward bymeans of the arm I, and a strain in the other direction by thecombination of both arms A and I.

Fig. V shows the pin as it appears when in 7 use.

Fig. VI represents a sectional view of a piece of furniture, showing themanner in which the pin is secured.

In placing the pin, the arm I with the bend in it is placed flat uponthe cloth E E, and, having entered at P, comes out at X, and againenters at H, the arm I is raised from contact with the cloth E E, andits point entered at or near X, and firmly embedded in the stuffing. Theornament accommodates itself to this action.

We claim as our invention- 1. A safety-pin composed of two pointed arms,one of which is bent at right angles at or near the center thereof,substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination of the hinged ornament, or its equivalent N, with thearms A and I, and with or without the coil L, substantially as and forthe purpose hereinbefore set forth.

3. The combination of the coil L, with the arm I, having a right-anglebend at or near its center, and the arm A, substantially as I and forthe purpose hereinbefore set forth.

NATHANIEL H. FURNESS. SIGOURNEY WALES.

Witnesses:

(J. SPRAGUE, GEO. O. JENINGS.

